diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 5199e602be..3447945ee4 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static char *fetch_pack_index(unsigned char *sha1, const char *base_url)
 	strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s.temp", sha1_pack_index_name(sha1));
 	tmp = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 
-	if (http_get_file(url, tmp, 0) != HTTP_OK) {
+	if (http_get_file(url, tmp, NULL) != HTTP_OK) {
 		error("Unable to get pack index %s", url);
 		free(tmp);
 		tmp = NULL;